Cvent

It’s been an active seven days for Cvent, one of the largest event management companies in the world you’ve never heard of. The company, which offers web-based software for online event registration, management and more, has been on a mission to go beyond B2B services. Since raising $136 million last year, Cvent has re-focused on more consumer-facing event solutions, especially… Read More

Back in the late 1990s, in addition to working 60 hours a week as an attorney, I started the Indian CEO High Tech Council and organized networking events for local tech CEOs in Washington, DC, that had at least $10 million in revenue and 75 employees, or had raised $10 million or more in capital.
I used to joke that it was a good thing I was the president of the group, because I’d… Read More

Cvent, a major event management software company, last raised funding around the time the previous century ended.
Today, the company announced that it has raised funding for the second time in its – most fascinating – history, and it’s a whopper: Cvent has secured $136 million in venture capital financing from New Enterprise Associates and Insight Venture Partners, with… Read More